BROOMFIELD -- Adams City's boys track team finished 24th at the Broomfield Shootout March 27 at Broomfield High School.

The top individual finisher was Victor Palma. The senior was ninth in the shot put at 42 feet. Jacob Amador, a freshman, was 10th in the 400-meter dash, posting a time of 52.2. He also took 12th in the 200-meter dash, where his time was 24.28 seconds. Antonio Scott was 21st in the 100-meter dash in a time of 11.71 seconds.

BRIGHTON — Adams City’s boys 4-by-200-meter relay team captured first place at the Brighton Mercury Invitational March 19.

Jacob Amador, Raymundo Esparza, Alex Marquez and Antonio Scott turned in a time of 1:36.05. Scott wound up third in the 100-meter dash, where his time was 11.89. He joined Esparza, Marquez and Jesus Perez-Flores to finish fourth in the 4-by-100-meter relay in a time of 46.6.

HENDERSON — More than one hundred people gathered Wednesday, March 11, for the Teacher Appreciation event held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sants in Henderson, which honored 23 local teachers selected by graduating seniors.

DENVER — The extensive I-70 East project slated from Interstate 25 to Interstate 225 — including new Express Toll lanes and the removal of the 50-year-old I-70 viaduct — was detailed last week to hundreds of industry representatives at the National Western Complex.

BRIGHTON — Prairie View basketball player Luke Schwindaman is finding room in his trophy case for this year’s slate of postseason awards.

He won his third all-conference award in the Eastern Metro Athletic Conference. He’s the second, four-year letter-winner in the history of the program. He was a captain for the ThunderHawks, and he was the team’s most valuable player the past three years.

DOUGLAS COUNTY — Steve House of Brighton was one of the few Republicans to suffer defeat in the watershed 2014 general election in Colorado, not even appearing on the ballot after making a spirited campaign to be the GOP candidate for governor.